Willamette

Willamette (/wɪˈlæmɪt/ wil-AM-it), from the Clackamas language of the Columbia River, Oregon, can refer to:

A toponym of the U.S. state of Oregon:

  • Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon
  • Willamette Valley, a region in northwest Oregon that surrounds the Willamette River
    • Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon wine region
    • Willamette Valley (ecoregion), an area that includes the Willamette Valley and adjacent parts of Washington
  • Willamette, Oregon, an unincorporated community that is now part of West Linn
  • Willamette National Forest, a National Forest in western Oregon
  • Willamette Falls, a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn
  • Willamette Meteorite, a meteorite that was discovered in Oregon
  • Willamette Pass Resort, a ski area in the Cascade Range of Oregon
  • Willamette Stone, survey marker in Oregon
  • Willamette Cattle Company, a company formed in Oregon in 1837 to buy cattle in California
  • Willamette University, a private institution of higher learning located in Salem
  • Willamette Hall, a building on the University of Oregon campus
  • Willamette High School, a high school in Eugene
  • Willamette Trading Post, a 19th-century fur trading post
  • Willamette Riverkeeper, a non-profit organization involved in environmental activism

Other

  • Willamette Industries, a former Fortune 500 company purchased by Weyerhauser
  • Willamette locomotive, a type of steam locomotive formerly used in the logging and mining industries
  • Willamette, the code-name for the first core used in the Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor
  • Willamette, Colorado, a fictional setting in the video game Dead Rising
  • USS Willamette, several United States Navy ships
  • Willamette, American steamer
  • Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see List of hop varieties

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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